Tip Screens, $8 Greeting Cards & Oat Milk Upcharges: Everyday Absurdities | The Absurdists S3 E1

Why does a basic greeting card cost $8 now? Season 3 of The Absurdists kicks off with new co-host Brandi Mastrud, who brings Marlo Anderson a list of everyday things we all accept as normal but are kind of ridiculous when you stop to think about them. Marlo opens with the e-bike that hit him outside the building, then they get into pricey greeting cards, card keepers vs. card tossers, thank-you letters vs. thank-you cards, birthday months, the Texas Roadhouse birthday saddle and birthday spankings. Then comes tipping: the convenience-store tip screen, why the $2 button wins, whether tipping devalues real service, where tip screens came from, the no-skip tip screen near Flagstaff, self-serve froyo, cash tips and no tipping in Iceland. Plus the oat milk upcharge, credit card fees, coffee dates instead of drinks, the smell of pot, a local restaurant's Halloween decor debate, who gets to trick-or-treat, Christmas Eve shopping, gift exchanges full of gift cards, favorite holidays, Hallmark movies, Christmas songs and Baby, It's Cold Outside. Watch for the fact-check cards when they get something wrong. The Absurdists, where logic takes a back seat. Season 3, Episode 1. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:31 Welcome to Season 3: Brandi Mastrud joins Marlo 0:59 Brandi's list of everyday absurdities 1:54 Marlo gets hit by an e-bike 4:10 Watch for the fact-check cards 4:39 The $8 greeting card 6:56 Card keepers vs. card tossers 9:10 Thank-you letters vs. thank-you cards 10:20 Keeping the Christmas card photos 11:17 Birthday months 13:23 Alice's angel food cake 14:24 The Texas Roadhouse birthday saddle 15:07 Birthday spankings 16:56 New slang and the uncool mom 17:57 Let's talk tipping 18:41 The convenience-store tip screen 19:05 Why the $2 button wins 20:03 Does tipping devalue real service? 20:46 Where tip screens came from 21:57 The no-skip tip screen near Flagstaff 22:51 Tipping at the self-serve froyo 24:54 Is 20% the new standard? 25:20 Tipping in cash 26:28 No tipping in Iceland 27:18 The starving-child tip screen sketch 28:23 The oat milk upcharge 30:50 Credit card fees and nickel-and-diming 32:49 Coffee dates instead of drinks 33:58 Alcohol sales are down 36:03 The smell of pot 37:05 The kid on Fremont Street 38:07 Down the rabbit hole 38:52 The Halloween decor debate 41:48 Who gets to trick-or-treat? 42:54 Counting trick-or-treaters 45:35 Brandi's son and his animatronics 47:10 Christmas presents 48:01 Christmas Eve shopping 48:45 Gift exchanges full of gift cards 50:18 Shopping early (and forgetting) 51:55 Favorite holidays 52:32 The Fourth of July in Mandan 53:54 Hallmark movies 54:50 The top Christmas songs 55:29 Baby, It's Cold Outside 56:20 National Grilled Cheese Day backlash 57:07 Social media and boundaries 58:07 Out of time 58:48 Outro Hosts: Brandi Mastrud and Marlo Anderson Listen to the podcast: https://theabsurdistsshow.com/tip-scr... More episodes: https://theabsurdistsshow.com Subscribe:    / @absurdistsshow   #TheAbsurdists #ComedyPodcast #Tipping